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Is it true the Scottish used rocks for training because the English forbid them from using weapons? I know when the Emperor of China banned weapons in fear of an uprising, they learned to use farm tools as weapons.
@@squiglees Its east of Toronto in Cobourg, also many around Toronto and Ottawa, Glengarry Highland Games is very popular and has military regiments show up as they are near a base.
my grandparents lived in embro. most of my childhood and teen years were spent living in oxford county. my mom was an armstrong, my dad a bailey. so friggin' scots, i bleed plaid. enjoy the games.
You must come back sometime for the festival in Fergus. I live in Guelph and go every year. I've just started into the heavies and we camp for the weekend, it is great. If you enjoyed Port Hope, you certainly would not be disappointed in Fergus.
The Embro Highland Games were today. Held on Canada Day every year. Pipe band competition, highland dancing competition, heavy events, tug o' war, and whiskey tasting. Love to have you visit next time.
I grew up in that area. My parents loved the Scottish games. We are not Scottish, but my mom liked the kilts so she could check out the men's legs, lol
Aue lad!!!! Fergus us a great games!!! If you're still in Canada August 2nd 3rd. Glen Garry highland games in Mayville. I will see you there and buy you a pint!!!!
Another Canadian fact of interest. The famous Cowichan First Nations sweater Pattern of Vancouver Island has it's roots in Scotland. In 1885 Jemina Colvin, a settler from Shetland Island, homesteaded near Duncan BC and shared her fair isle knitting pattern with local indigenous women and they adapted the pattern into their own beautiful and distinctive knitting style. 😊
@@dmacpher I just looked up info on Jeremina Covin on Familysearch. She was born Jeremina Robertson in 1859 at Tingwall Whiteness and Weisdale. Her husband Robert Mouat Colvin was also born on Shetland. They lived in Cowichan Station, Duncan and had 6 children. Jeremina died in 1937, age 78 and is buried, along with her husband and some of her children, at St.Peters Anglican cemetery in Duncan ( Quamichan)
Hey, I'm a Cuthbertson from Canada. I was always told we were too small to have our own clan, so we were part of the Morrisons from the Hebrides. Found out they go back to a Norse sea king named Olaf the black and going back further to Norway, all the way back to Ragnar Lothbrok!
Here's a Scot in Canada you might want to cover: Alexander MacKenzie. He was an explorer and travelled from Montreal to the coast of BC, the first European to do so. Along the way he followed a river to the artic ocean which he named the river of despair, since renamed the MacKenzie river. He carved his name & date into a rock face, still visible, on the Pacific coast a mere few weeks separated him & Captain George Vancouver's exploration of the same coast. The Americans Clark & Lewis read his memoirs to prepare for their journey 12 years later. There are schools, roads and many other things named for him in this country. A new river class destroyer will be named HMCS MacKenzie. He ended his days in Scotland. (Another amazing scot was John rae who discovered the fate of the Franklin expedition by hiking there solo. He was blackballed by Lady Franklin because he reported cannibalism).
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Both Alexander MacKenzie and John Rae have stories that connect to the family of Cuthbert Grant Sr. whose children founded the Metis Nation. Cuthbert Grant Jr. and Queen Victoria were 8th great grandchildren of King James V. Next time you're in Hamilton Ontario let me know and I'll give you a private tour of some sites connected to Scottish history including John Rae, and reveal my hidden famliy connection to them.
Here's an interesting Scot for Pacific Northwest - Archibald McDonald (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_McDonald) and his son Ranald who explored south Vancouver Island then went to Japan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald)
Pipes and Drums are a BIG part of canadian military traditions...now and in every conflict we're been involved in...WWII, WWI, Afganisthan, the Boer war, the seven years war...
As an American living in Nova Scotia, I LOVE seeing a parade with all the Pipe and Drum bands. We were all about marching bands where I came from, and while I enjoy them, I prefer the bagpipes.
Hey Bruce, here in Antigonish, known as the “Highland Heart of Nova Scotia”, we have the 159th running of the Antigonish Highland games, which is the longest running Highland Games in North America, from July 7-14. Céad míle fáilte (One hundred thousand welcomes)!
@gravyvcolouredhair1731 I agree, I'm Nova Scotian and I've never heard of Antigonish as the NS highlands. Cape Breton is considered to be Nova Scotia's equivalent to the Scottish Highlands because it actually has highlands that are also from the exact same formation as the Scottish highlands and the Appalachian mountains.
And here's me thinking he's just got a good tan, from all those trips abroad. I'm from Norwegian/Irish heritage, 100% not British, pure Scottish. No ginger hair, strangely enough, just down there.
I'm 70 now, but was a piper in Ontario starting in the '60's. We played at all the games....Embro, Dutton, Fergus, Brantford, Maxville and many others as well. We'd practice all winter long and the games were a weekly event every summer. Our band actually had the privilege to compete in Scotland in '69 and '72. So many memories.
Thanks for covering a little bit of my Country paying homage to yours. Scotland heritage and culture is deeply engrained in the Canadian identity...and our Highland Games events are always a blast, great way to experience a taste of the old Country.
A'reyt Bruce. The family I stayed with in Ontario were Scottish by ancestry. The grandad, who was Scottish, quite took to me as I had not heard all his stories and he had a new audience, though I also think my "having time of day for folk" Yorkshire attitude helped us get on. It was said I had been adopted. In Vancouver I thought I was getting on famously with celtic looking redhead French speaking lass, but then I realised that no matter the background or the language we were speaking, she was just being a friendly Canadian.
This is an incredible video! Welcome to my country, we welcome you with open arms! Happy Canada Day from Toronto! My moms family came to Canada from Scotland in the early 1900s, around 1905, and its just lovely to hear your accent reminds me of my family who still live there to this day!
My university has a pipe band that has won multiple (when I was going there it was 5, but it's more now) world championships. AFAIK, it was the first band outside the UK to win multiple (or back to back). That school? Simon Fraser University just outside Vancouver, BC, Canada.
It was great to see you in person last night in Fergus!! Keep the videos coming; it’s a weekly ritual to watch you Saturday mornings with my tea!! Enjoy the rest of your time here!!
This was a great video. Grandfather was a Cameron from Findhorn. We live in Ottawa so go to the Glengarry Highland Games in early August about once every 4 or 5 years. Happens on the same weekend as our favorite Pagan Festival😆 Not much for beer but munching shortbread while listening to pipes is a must. Hope you are enjoying your stay in Canada👍
I live in Ontario, and I've been to a Highland Games in Scotland (Pitlochry), but never here. Funny to hear you say you'd never see a kilt back home. I remember seeing them at the one we attended in 2007.
Welcome to Canada from a Scottish descendant...my parents....I am the only one born in this country. I've never been to the games but would love to see the caber toss! At any rate, I hope you enjoy your time here and of course the games. Safe travels.
So very proud of my Irish/Scottish roots (Maxwell/Mundy) based here in Montreal. Can't help but smile with a tear in my eye when I hear the sound of the pipes.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours That is great to hear man, I also live in Ontario, there is nothing short of things to do and things to see. Enjoy the rest of your time in our fine country brother!
Great talking with you and your son that day!! Didn't know the camera was on either. Glad to have you at the games in proper Scottish/Canadian style. Great video!
It’s amazing how many Highland Games are still held all over…including here in the US (Michigan too where I’m from). In fact, a neighbor flies the Scots flag. They’re everywhere! 😂 Love the kilt Bruce!
This is the 1st video I've seen and it was nice that it was about the Canadian Highland Games (in Ontario). I enjoyed your interview with William (Bill) Petrie (of CASSOC) and my clan society (Clan Fergusson) is a member of CASSOC). As others have suggested, I hope you will attend either Glengarry or Fergus as they are the 2 largest in Ontario and you will most definitely see tug of war. In fact, Glengarry will have the members of the RCMP there and their horses as part of the opening ceremonies.
A Highland Games is held in Glasgow Kentucky annually. It’s really good and if you’re in the area you should check it out. There’s a lot of Scots-Irish here as they originally settled the area. note, my Duncan, Alexander, Brockett, ancestors fought in both the French & Indian and the Revolutionary wars. As best I can find, most of them came over in the early 1700’s to 1750’s, and as they were Presbyterian I think they were of the Covenanter group that migrated through northern Ireland, but I’ve got more research to do on this. Greetings from Louisville Ky
Hi Bruce, I'm an English born grandson of a Scot who now lives in Canada. I watch your video's all the time, and Lo and behold up pops my daughter and son-in laws band on the screen!. Thanks for that, Paul in Ontario, Canada. (The Celtic band in the tent).
when you hear them do you get a tightness in your chest and are just drawn to go to them? Maybe its the nova scotian part of me, (I don't even think i have scottish ancestry) but i feel like a moth to a flame when I hear the pipes. past lives maybe.
I'm excited for this, Bruce. I've never been to the games. 19:40 The hair standing up on my arms. This looked like such fun. Please, will you take us to a Calling of the Clans?
Truly enjoyed the interview and the great job done by Bruce as Honorary Chieftain who provided really shining moments during a great festival day at Northumberland.
This is great. Thanks for coming and documenting a highland games here in Canada! I grew up attending the highland games around my family's region in Embro Ontario. great memories
I've gone to the Highland games in my home state here in the U.S. every year since i was a kid. It's always a good time and a great group of people. I've always wondered what the native Scots make of all this 😅
There are more bagpipes in ontario than all of scotland. Glad you could make it to canada. We are proud of our scottish heritage here. You should do an episode on the origional scottish settlers in canada.
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In the legendary words of the late John Mann, “there’s none more Scots than the Scots abroad.” 😂 I’ve been to games that have had a tug o’war here in Ontario before. I think each games is a little bit different. Not by much, but little things. Specific traditions, degree of formality, etc What I tend to enjoy most is when each individual band practices in random locations through the day. It’s nice to be walking around and come across a circle of musicians playing together, and sometime a dancer will join and preform some highland dancing in the round. Good times always.
Great reaction video, Bruce! For the Tug of War event, Cambridge, Ontario would be the place I always watched it. From the sounds of it, not all but some have this event.
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Well you just never know I guess. Are you still going to Perth Ontario? I'm hoping to see you live in Calgary but forgot the date you were planning to be there
One of our Maritime Provinces is called Nova Scotia - Latin for New Scotland. There is a very strong Scottish tradition there. The provincial flag is the cross of Saint Andrew with the lion rampant on a shield in the middle.
I've been to the Highland Games in Cambridge, ON a few times. My nieces used to participate in the Highland Dancing contests when they were kids, and we'd go to see them there.
Looking good in your kilt Bruce! I'm not surprised that a Ceilidh band would be playing Country music. From what I understand, Country music is derived from the music the Scots-Irish who settled in Appalachia brought with them.
Doesn't happen in ireland either though country music Ceili(Dh is dropped in ireland) bands wouldn't play country music and country music bands wouldn't play Irish trad music .
I was at your Montreal show and have been looking forward to videos from your Canada tour. Thanks for this cousin. - Randall Kenneth Grant - Montreal, Qc
As a Canadian, a descendant of the McLean and Macdonald clans, I love this Scottish man. He is clever, and talented, and makes me laugh so much when I watch his videos. He really knows his history. Anyone who has the nerve to say that he isn’t Scottish because of his African blood just makes me snort, it is so ridiculous.
In my home town of Kincardine Ontario we did have the pipe band march down the main street, followed by other Pipe bands and in the end we all drank cider and ate the best chili in Victoria park
Clan societies aren't just a North American thing, we have them here in Australia too. It seems to be an 'Everywhere but Scotland' thing. Great to see the Clan Gregor tent in the background there, Ard Choille!
Fantastic! I hope you can make it to the BC Highland Games in Coquitlam some year. Always a beer garden and whiskey tent! One year there was 300 pipers playing in unison. Also the SFU piper band regularly appears.
Thanks for visiting Canada and the highland games here in Ontario. I am glad to see you found things familiar while discovering some new things unique to us. I haven't been to a games in years. But after watching this I may have to get off my butt and get out there again. Awesome vid.
Johnny Cash born in Kingsland, Arkansas, on February 26, 1932, to Carrie Cloveree (née Rivers) and Ray Cash. He had three older siblings, Roy, Margaret Louise, and Jack, and three younger siblings, Reba, Joanne, and Tommy (who also became a successful country artist). He was primarily of English and Scottish descent.
@@Sodonewithchaos Except the closest black relative she had was "one of her four maternal great-great-great-grandmothers was Sally Shields, a woman of mixed-race who was born into slavery in Alabama." (Wikipedia) Vivian was primarily Sicilian on her father's side & German/Irish on her mother's.
Great video of you time at the Games, I was wondering when you would put it out. We were there to support our friend in one of the bands. The games are fun to watch and support.
There have been Highland Games held in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, every year since 1864. It was there I had the best haggis I've ever tasted (in classic west coast style, the haggis was cooked in a wok).
One of my fondest memories of travelling around Europe and the UK on my own when I was 17 was going to the Edinburgh Tattoo and getting to see my home town--and then world champion--SFU Pipe Band march out and show people how it's done on the west coast.
My mam used to say ‘you can be born in a stable it doesn’t make you a horse’ in other words be Scottish if your heart wants to be… however be prepared if you follow football ⚽️ 😂😂
My great great grandfather is supposed to have said the same. His family had come from the isle of Mull to Ireland in the 1830’s before his daughter came to Canada in 1883.
Wait was this in Maxville/Alexandria? Nice. Out in Eastern Ontario there's tons of francophone ontarians with last names like MacDougall etc that all do highland games
Great video!! That's a game I have not attended yet. I'm sure my daughter and her band were there competing. As for the tug o war, you see that at some games here in Ontario. The big one is at the Glengarry Highland Games at Maxville. Members of the Canadian Army reserve units come and put on a big tug o war event. Great fun!
I live in Nova Scotia and I identify more as Scottish, through my ancestry, than Canadian to be honest. On my mother's side it was all Highland Scots from Isles of Lewis and Harris and MacNeils from Barra up until my mother married my father (his ancestry was all over the place, British and French way back, but his grandmother was a Scottish War bride (WW1). They alllived in Cape Breton. The highlands of Cape Breton look a lot like some areas of Scotland. I can see why my ancestors settled those areas. My maternal grandmother still spoke strictly Gaelic as a child until she went to school and English was forced on her and her siblings. My great grandmother didn't always understand me. She'd ask my great uncle what I said at times.
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Is it true the Scottish used rocks for training because the English forbid them from using weapons? I know when the Emperor of China banned weapons in fear of an uprising, they learned to use farm tools as weapons.
I was there it was sooooo cool to see you there, thank you for coming here to Canada to meet the diaspora!
Johnny Cash was indeed of English and Scottish descent. :)
WHERE in Ontario is this??!!!??? There are games all across the Province which is the size of 10 or more Scotlands...
@@squiglees Its east of Toronto in Cobourg, also many around Toronto and Ottawa, Glengarry Highland Games is very popular and has military regiments show up as they are near a base.
I'm in Guelph now. I did a show in Fergus last night
my grandparents lived in embro. most of my childhood and teen years were spent living in oxford county. my mom was an armstrong, my dad a bailey. so friggin' scots, i bleed plaid. enjoy the games.
You must come back sometime for the festival in Fergus. I live in Guelph and go every year. I've just started into the heavies and we camp for the weekend, it is great. If you enjoyed Port Hope, you certainly would not be disappointed in Fergus.
The Embro Highland Games were today. Held on Canada Day every year. Pipe band competition, highland dancing competition, heavy events, tug o' war, and whiskey tasting. Love to have you visit next time.
I grew up in that area. My parents loved the Scottish games. We are not Scottish, but my mom liked the kilts so she could check out the men's legs, lol
Aue lad!!!! Fergus us a great games!!! If you're still in Canada August 2nd 3rd. Glen Garry highland games in Mayville. I will see you there and buy you a pint!!!!
Another Canadian fact of interest. The famous Cowichan First Nations sweater
Pattern of Vancouver Island has it's roots in Scotland. In 1885 Jemina Colvin, a settler from Shetland Island, homesteaded near Duncan BC and shared her fair isle knitting pattern with local indigenous women and they adapted the pattern into their own beautiful and distinctive knitting style. 😊
THAT is interesting
My sister lived in Lake Cowichan for years. Absolutely gorgeous out there
Born and raised in Duncan and I had no idea! Neat
@@dmacpher Love Duncan and looking forward to the summer music fest! Bruce is in Victoria now and I hope he manages a visit "up island" at some point!
@@dmacpher I just looked up info on Jeremina Covin on Familysearch. She was born Jeremina Robertson in 1859 at Tingwall Whiteness and Weisdale. Her husband Robert Mouat Colvin was also born on Shetland. They lived in Cowichan Station, Duncan and had 6 children. Jeremina died in 1937, age 78 and is buried, along with her husband and some of her children, at St.Peters Anglican cemetery in Duncan ( Quamichan)
Bruce, I'm a Morrison 77yo , My Dad was Gaelic speaking Scots from The Isle of Harris, I'm glad your enjoying my Country !!
It's been great fun
Hey, I'm a Cuthbertson from Canada. I was always told we were too small to have our own clan, so we were part of the Morrisons from the Hebrides. Found out they go back to a Norse sea king named Olaf the black and going back further to Norway, all the way back to Ragnar Lothbrok!
Oh hey there! My dad was a Morrison who was able to trace his family back to the Isle of Lewis - distant, distant relations, perhaps!
The Scotts gave us everything except pants Bruce, except pants
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Funnily enough, they gave us Jeans
Who needs pants?
I'm thankful, nothing is sexier than a man in his kilt! 😍
How else are you gonna keep the flies off your dinner?
Here's a Scot in Canada you might want to cover: Alexander MacKenzie. He was an explorer and travelled from Montreal to the coast of BC, the first European to do so. Along the way he followed a river to the artic ocean which he named the river of despair, since renamed the MacKenzie river. He carved his name & date into a rock face, still visible, on the Pacific coast a mere few weeks separated him & Captain George Vancouver's exploration of the same coast. The Americans Clark & Lewis read his memoirs to prepare for their journey 12 years later. There are schools, roads and many other things named for him in this country. A new river class destroyer will be named HMCS MacKenzie. He ended his days in Scotland.
(Another amazing scot was John rae who discovered the fate of the Franklin expedition by hiking there solo. He was blackballed by Lady Franklin because he reported cannibalism).
I know, I thought about him, but didn't have a canoe
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Both Alexander MacKenzie and John Rae have stories that connect to the family of Cuthbert Grant Sr. whose children founded the Metis Nation. Cuthbert Grant Jr. and Queen Victoria were 8th great grandchildren of King James V. Next time you're in Hamilton Ontario let me know and I'll give you a private tour of some sites connected to Scottish history including John Rae, and reveal my hidden famliy connection to them.
On the theme of Scottish engineers and scientists, there’s also Sandford Fleming, easily worth a video
Here's an interesting Scot for Pacific Northwest - Archibald McDonald (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_McDonald) and his son Ranald who explored south Vancouver Island then went to Japan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_MacDonald)
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Pipes and Drums are a BIG part of canadian military traditions...now and in every conflict we're been involved in...WWII, WWI, Afganisthan, the Boer war, the seven years war...
As an American living in Nova Scotia, I LOVE seeing a parade with all the Pipe and Drum bands. We were all about marching bands where I came from, and while I enjoy them, I prefer the bagpipes.
Hey Bruce, here in Antigonish, known as the “Highland Heart of Nova Scotia”, we have the 159th running of the Antigonish Highland games, which is the longest running Highland Games in North America, from July 7-14. Céad míle fáilte (One hundred thousand welcomes)!
Actually, ours on Van Isle has been running for 161 years 🍁
@@LittleWoba Antigonish, from their highland games site : "the oldest continuous Highland Games in the world outside of Scotland, running since 1863"
"Continuous" is probably the key thing here.
I'm from Cape Breton, I've never heard anyone call Antigonish the "Highland Heart of Nova Scotia" especially since you have no highlands at all...
@gravyvcolouredhair1731 I agree, I'm Nova Scotian and I've never heard of Antigonish as the NS highlands. Cape Breton is considered to be Nova Scotia's equivalent to the Scottish Highlands because it actually has highlands that are also from the exact same formation as the Scottish highlands and the Appalachian mountains.
A scotsman is a scotsman regardless of the color of their skin. And Bruce is as Scottish as they come. Sláinte Bruce! 🥃
Bullsh#t
Have a dear friend who is Scottish ,pure Cherokee .
And here's me thinking he's just got a good tan, from all those trips abroad. I'm from Norwegian/Irish heritage, 100% not British, pure Scottish. No ginger hair, strangely enough, just down there.
😅 TMI @@haraldtheyounger5504
Bruce is the definition of SCOTTISHNESS!! This man is a legend for us Jocks. 🙌 🏴
I'm 70 now, but was a piper in Ontario starting in the '60's. We played at all the games....Embro, Dutton, Fergus, Brantford, Maxville and many others as well. We'd practice all winter long and the games were a weekly event every summer. Our band actually had the privilege to compete in Scotland in '69 and '72. So many memories.
Brilliant
I hope yous got pumped when yous competed. Like absolutely embarrassed levels of pumped ❤🤭
Cannae be Scottish and cheer on foreigners lol x
Went to high school 40 minutes from Maxville. The games were always a yearly tradition for people like 150 km around.
Thanks for covering a little bit of my Country paying homage to yours. Scotland heritage and culture is deeply engrained in the Canadian identity...and our Highland Games events are always a blast, great way to experience a taste of the old Country.
A'reyt Bruce. The family I stayed with in Ontario were Scottish by ancestry. The grandad, who was Scottish, quite took to me as I had not heard all his stories and he had a new audience, though I also think my "having time of day for folk" Yorkshire attitude helped us get on. It was said I had been adopted.
In Vancouver I thought I was getting on famously with celtic looking redhead French speaking lass, but then I realised that no matter the background or the language we were speaking, she was just being a friendly Canadian.
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We’re aw jock tamsons bairns -cut us we bleed red ❤
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A Scot is Scot!!! They are a tough people !! Love the scots - everywhere!!!!!♥️🇨🇦🐈⬛🇫🇮Welcome to Canada.♥️♥️♥️♥️
This is off to a good start
The mum and her son dashing across the screen didn’t distract me until he took a nose dive.
Ok, back to the show!
Entertainment all the way
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Indeed!
Expat Canuck living in Perthshire! Thanks for posting. Take care & stay safe.
See you when I'm back
Bruce in a kilt, you should do it a lil more often, looking good!! 💙🏴
Don't forget the modern take on a traditional linen shirt looks great on him!
Agreed! Bruce looks great in his kilt!
I have found memories of going to the highland games in Barrie, ON as a child. It was always a great time. My great grandparents were from Aberdeen.
This is an incredible video! Welcome to my country, we welcome you with open arms! Happy Canada Day from Toronto! My moms family came to Canada from Scotland in the early 1900s, around 1905, and its just lovely to hear your accent reminds me of my family who still live there to this day!
Luv Luv Luv this Thank You for getting there and sharing this I just love the games they are on pause in me area...waaaa! s.e. pa. USA 😎💯👀🕺🌹🌹🌹🥨🫖⚡🎃🪅🎭💎🎩
You are so welcome
My university has a pipe band that has won multiple (when I was going there it was 5, but it's more now) world championships. AFAIK, it was the first band outside the UK to win multiple (or back to back). That school? Simon Fraser University just outside Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Thanks for representing our country so proudly Bruce! ❤
A pleasure to meet and talk to you Bruce and Zak!! Glad to see myself at 4:29 🇨🇦🏴
Hey where did this happened and when will the next event be?
I live in ottawa. One of those bands practices in the park beside my house every saturday for 4-6 hours. I absolutely love it
It was great to see you in person last night in Fergus!! Keep the videos coming; it’s a weekly ritual to watch you Saturday mornings with my tea!! Enjoy the rest of your time here!!
Thanks for posting. I was born in Fergus! ❤
This was a great video.
Grandfather was a Cameron from Findhorn. We live in Ottawa so go to the Glengarry Highland Games in early August about once every 4 or 5 years. Happens on the same weekend as our favorite Pagan Festival😆
Not much for beer but munching shortbread while listening to pipes is a must.
Hope you are enjoying your stay in Canada👍
Thank you, Bruce, for this video and visiting us in Canada.
My pleasure!
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I live in Ontario, and I've been to a Highland Games in Scotland (Pitlochry), but never here. Funny to hear you say you'd never see a kilt back home. I remember seeing them at the one we attended in 2007.
Welcome to Canada from a Scottish descendant...my parents....I am the only one born in this country. I've never been to the games but would love to see the caber toss! At any rate, I hope you enjoy your time here and of course the games. Safe travels.
So very proud of my Irish/Scottish roots (Maxwell/Mundy) based here in Montreal.
Can't help but smile with a tear in my eye when I hear the sound of the pipes.
I grew up going to the Highland Games in New Glasgow and Antigonish.
Scottish Canadian and proud! Great video man hope you enjoyed the trip to our country. It could be in a better State and it will be in the future 🙏🏻
I'm still here and loving it
@@ScotlandHistoryTours That is great to hear man, I also live in Ontario, there is nothing short of things to do and things to see. Enjoy the rest of your time in our fine country brother!
Bruce posts I must watch.
Great talking with you and your son that day!! Didn't know the camera was on either. Glad to have you at the games in proper Scottish/Canadian style. Great video!
Great production and sound quality
It’s amazing how many Highland Games are still held all over…including here in the US (Michigan too where I’m from). In fact, a neighbor flies the Scots flag. They’re everywhere! 😂 Love the kilt Bruce!
Are you talking about the Alma games? It's been years since I've been to it. I'm in Lansing. A little bit Scotish too.
This is the 1st video I've seen and it was nice that it was about the Canadian Highland Games (in Ontario). I enjoyed your interview with William (Bill) Petrie (of CASSOC) and my clan society (Clan Fergusson) is a member of CASSOC). As others have suggested, I hope you will attend either Glengarry or Fergus as they are the 2 largest in Ontario and you will most definitely see tug of war. In fact, Glengarry will have the members of the RCMP there and their horses as part of the opening ceremonies.
My aunts have a friend who they meet in Toronto. She is from Nova Scotia. She is a Bagpiper with the complete official Scotish outfit for a Bagpiper.
Thanks for sharing new videos as you travel Canada! As always, I appreciate your content.
so nice. can't wait for the NH highland games this fall in New Hampshire. already got tickets. three days worth of good times
You'll have to go to Highland games in Maxville Ontario. It's a big deal.
A Highland Games is held in Glasgow Kentucky annually. It’s really good and if you’re in the area you should check it out. There’s a lot of Scots-Irish here as they originally settled the area. note, my Duncan, Alexander, Brockett, ancestors fought in both the French & Indian and the Revolutionary wars. As best I can find, most of them came over in the early 1700’s to 1750’s, and as they were Presbyterian I think they were of the Covenanter group that migrated through northern Ireland, but I’ve got more research to do on this. Greetings from Louisville Ky
Hi Bruce, I'm an English born grandson of a Scot who now lives in Canada. I watch your video's all the time, and Lo and behold up pops my daughter and son-in laws band on the screen!. Thanks for that, Paul in Ontario, Canada. (The Celtic band in the tent).
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I have always loved the sound of the pipes and all that goes with the highland Games!
when you hear them do you get a tightness in your chest and are just drawn to go to them? Maybe its the nova scotian part of me, (I don't even think i have scottish ancestry) but i feel like a moth to a flame when I hear the pipes. past lives maybe.
@@hollyjensen2371 Yes, I do! I get motivated hearing them. Does it feel like they stir the soul? They do for me.
@@wesmartin1210 they do stir something in the soul, at times I almost tear up (I know that sounds silly) but there it is.
@@hollyjensen2371 It does not sound silly at all because I almost tear up as well. You are in good company.
I'm excited for this, Bruce. I've never been to the games. 19:40 The hair standing up on my arms. This looked like such fun. Please, will you take us to a Calling of the Clans?
I don't even know what that is. Is that like the thing in Outlander?
Would’ve been cool to go to Antigonish Highland Games in Nova Scotia - oldest outside of Scotland! They’re happening in mid July
Bruce, you’re the man! Love your videos! 😊✌🏻❤🙏🏼
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Lovely video Bruce. Glad you had a good time!😊
Truly enjoyed the interview and the great job done by Bruce as Honorary Chieftain who provided really shining moments during a great festival day at Northumberland.
Fun meeting you and Zak in Fergus. Entertaining stand up show. Class act
Thank you muchly
My friend's uncle and cousin are pipers at those games. Glad you visited and welcome to Canada!
We have showies in Moray. Only place I've ever heard the term come to think of it.
This is great. Thanks for coming and documenting a highland games here in Canada! I grew up attending the highland games around my family's region in Embro Ontario. great memories
Grateful to be part of the Highland games in the US my entire life (as a piper) and to have passed it down to my children and grandchildren.
Bruce, you have an amazing report as a presenter. You remind me of a Scottish David Attenborough.
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I've gone to the Highland games in my home state here in the U.S. every year since i was a kid. It's always a good time and a great group of people.
I've always wondered what the native Scots make of all this 😅
There are more bagpipes in ontario than all of scotland. Glad you could make it to canada. We are proud of our scottish heritage here. You should do an episode on the origional scottish settlers in canada.
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@ScotlandHistoryTours I've only watched one of those. Guess I've been schooled. Watching the rest now. Ty
In the legendary words of the late John Mann, “there’s none more Scots than the Scots abroad.” 😂 I’ve been to games that have had a tug o’war here in Ontario before. I think each games is a little bit different. Not by much, but little things. Specific traditions, degree of formality, etc What I tend to enjoy most is when each individual band practices in random locations through the day. It’s nice to be walking around and come across a circle of musicians playing together, and sometime a dancer will join and preform some highland dancing in the round. Good times always.
Come to Antigonish this weekend, oldest games outside of Scotland
Sorry, I'll be in BC
I'm Canadian and my Clan Farquharson coat of arms hangs in the front entrance to my house. I even have the kilt, in the Officer's pattern.
Great reaction video, Bruce! For the Tug of War event, Cambridge, Ontario would be the place I always watched it. From the sounds of it, not all but some have this event.
So glad Bruce is seeing all the places in Canada I and others suggested. Hope the entire journey is nothing but excellent
What could possibly go wrong?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Well you just never know I guess. Are you still going to Perth Ontario? I'm hoping to see you live in Calgary but forgot the date you were planning to be there
My home town just hosted a Highland Games as well as a highland dancing contest with a judge from Scotland.
One of our Maritime Provinces is called Nova Scotia - Latin for New Scotland. There is a very strong Scottish tradition there. The provincial flag is the cross of Saint Andrew with the lion rampant on a shield in the middle.
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours thank you!
I've been to the Highland Games in Cambridge, ON a few times. My nieces used to participate in the Highland Dancing contests when they were kids, and we'd go to see them there.
Looking good in your kilt Bruce! I'm not surprised that a Ceilidh band would be playing Country music. From what I understand, Country music is derived from the music the Scots-Irish who settled in Appalachia brought with them.
I know, but it's just not something I see in Scotland.
Doesn't happen in ireland either though country music Ceili(Dh is dropped in ireland) bands wouldn't play country music and country music bands wouldn't play Irish trad music .
I was at your Montreal show and have been looking forward to videos from your Canada tour. Thanks for this cousin. - Randall Kenneth Grant - Montreal, Qc
Thanks for coming. There are another five Canada videos up so far
As a Canadian, a descendant of the McLean and Macdonald clans, I love this Scottish man. He is clever, and talented, and makes me laugh so much when I watch his videos. He really knows his history. Anyone who has the nerve to say that he isn’t Scottish because of his African blood just makes me snort, it is so ridiculous.
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours I'm an American with an Armstrong greatgrams...and a broadsword. I'll defend that you are a Scot: my witty, humorous Bruce!
0:21 As someone from Cape Breton that caught me off guard. P.S like the content. Makes me me proud of my heritage 🏴🇨🇦
Great to see. I don't think we appreciate the Scottish diaspora enough.
Your enthusiasm and energy are fantastic!
You are so kind
Oh, I wish I'd known! I'd have come to say hi! Though, sadly, my kilt was destroyed in my house fire.
In my home town of Kincardine Ontario we did have the pipe band march down the main street, followed by other Pipe bands and in the end we all drank cider and ate the best chili in Victoria park
There's none more Scot than the Scots abroad 🎶
so disappointed I couldn't make it, was in Toronto all day. I live 15 minutes east of Port Hope, and my band, Airforce City was there
Clan societies aren't just a North American thing, we have them here in Australia too. It seems to be an 'Everywhere but Scotland' thing. Great to see the Clan Gregor tent in the background there, Ard Choille!
Aye there probably was one there at the games I was at in McLean NSW last year
Fantastic! I hope you can make it to the BC Highland Games in Coquitlam some year. Always a beer garden and whiskey tent! One year there was 300 pipers playing in unison. Also the SFU piper band regularly appears.
Ya had me at "Furious Fengerin".
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Had the pleasure to meet you on the College street in Toronto! Totally awesome, and please keep up the great work!
Aye, that was our first day in town
Great video. I really enjoyed that. Looking slick in the Kilt too, Bruce. 🏴🏴
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Thanks for visiting Canada and the highland games here in Ontario. I am glad to see you found things familiar while discovering some new things unique to us. I haven't been to a games in years. But after watching this I may have to get off my butt and get out there again. Awesome vid.
Lookin braw in the kilt mate! 💜
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Quite enjoyed your coverage of the Scottish Highland Games! Thank you Bruce. 🙂👍🇨🇦
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Not about Canada tho. Let's work on that.
Great video of you time at the Games, I was wondering when you would put it out. We were there to support our friend in one of the bands.
The games are fun to watch and support.
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There have been Highland Games held in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, every year since 1864. It was there I had the best haggis I've ever tasted (in classic west coast style, the haggis was cooked in a wok).
I am so PROUD of my Scottish Ancestry. Need MORE of it in Canada. Happy Canada Day!
"The young team" 😂🤣👍👍🏴
One of my fondest memories of travelling around Europe and the UK on my own when I was 17 was going to the Edinburgh Tattoo and getting to see my home town--and then world champion--SFU Pipe Band march out and show people how it's done on the west coast.
why dont you wear a kilt to your village highland games Bruce?
In our village we're Scottish every day of the week with or without kilts
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Thanks Harry
My mam used to say ‘you can be born in a stable it doesn’t make you a horse’ in other words be Scottish if your heart wants to be… however be prepared if you follow football ⚽️ 😂😂
Oofty fella dinnae we’re gash coyp
My great great grandfather is supposed to have said the same. His family had come from the isle of Mull to Ireland in the 1830’s before his daughter came to Canada in 1883.
He's like half Scottish
Wait was this in Maxville/Alexandria?
Nice. Out in Eastern Ontario there's tons of francophone ontarians with last names like MacDougall etc that all do highland games
Do they feel more Scottish than Scotland?
I've never seen tartan worn more than by Canadians and golfers!
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Great video!! That's a game I have not attended yet. I'm sure my daughter and her band were there competing. As for the tug o war, you see that at some games here in Ontario. The big one is at the Glengarry Highland Games at Maxville. Members of the Canadian Army reserve units come and put on a big tug o war event. Great fun!
I live in Nova Scotia and I identify more as Scottish, through my ancestry, than Canadian to be honest. On my mother's side it was all Highland Scots from Isles of Lewis and Harris and MacNeils from Barra up until my mother married my father (his ancestry was all over the place, British and French way back, but his grandmother was a Scottish War bride (WW1). They alllived in Cape Breton. The highlands of Cape Breton look a lot like some areas of Scotland. I can see why my ancestors settled those areas. My maternal grandmother still spoke strictly Gaelic as a child until she went to school and English was forced on her and her siblings. My great grandmother didn't always understand me. She'd ask my great uncle what I said at times.
Go to the Maxville Highland games! The largest highland games in Canada. It's usually the first or second weekend in August
We just had our Highland Games this passed weekend. Made sure to wear my clan pin, ended up running into fellow Frasers, it was a fun time